Race with over 100 vintage cars to make stop in Wichita. Here’s when and where.

Wichitans will be able to see more than 100 vintage cars Thursday when a cross-country auto endurance race makes a stop at Riverfront Stadium.

The Hemmings Motor News Great Race is a “time, speed, endurance rally for 1974 and older collector vehicles,” race director Jeff Stumb said over the phone.

This marks the 40th anniversary of the race that started in 1983.

Wichita is one of 17 stops on the 2,300-mile event that started June 24 in St. Augustine, Florida and will conclude July 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Stumb said.

The route changes every year, and the race last made an appearance in Wichita in 2006.

The event tests each car’s ability to finish the route.

“It’s a race of endurance and accuracy,” Stumb said. “Your car has to be able to handle the heat, road conditions and things like that.”

The race passes through nine states over nine days. About 120 cars and teams from Japan, England, Australia, Canada and the U.S. will start to arrive at Riverfront Stadium one by one around 4:45 p.m.

The race runs on country back roads rather than state and national highways.

“We don’t use any dirt or gravel roads,” Stumb said. “So these are county roads that might have the name, you know a name like Jones Valley road or something.”

Stumb could not provide details on the route around Wichita.

“We actually don’t use road and street names,” Stumb said. “So it’s kind of hard to tell you.”

“We might tell them [racers] to turn right at the first paved road,” Stumb added.

The winner of the race will collect $50,000 in prize money. Some notable cars present will include a 1916 Hudson, 1916 Chevrolet and a 1917 American LaFrance, the news release said.

The event is free to the public. Cars will be lined up along McLean street next to the stadium.